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In vivo polypropylene mesh degradation is hardly a myth

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  1. Granby, CO, USA

    Margaret Thompson

  2. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    Scott Guelcher

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Shouldice Hospital, Toronto, Canada

    Robert Bendavid

  4. Division of Pathology and Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Vladimir Iakovlev

  5. Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance, CA, USA

    Donald R. Ostergard

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Donald R. Ostergard, Scott Guelcher, Robert Bendavid, and Vladimir Iakovlev have given medicolegal consultations and testimony on the plaintiffs’ side in mesh litigation cases. Margaret Thompson is an obstetrician–gynecologist and attorney who has represented plaintiffs in mesh litigation.

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Thompson, M., Guelcher, S., Bendavid, R. et al. In vivo polypropylene mesh degradation is hardly a myth. Int Urogynecol J 28, 333–335 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-016-3233-z

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